Paropsonemid

Paropsonemid
Temporal range: Chengjiang–Devonian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Stem-group: Ambulacraria
clade: Cambroernida
Family: Eldoniidae
clade: Paropsonemida

The paropsonemids are problematic fossils known from the Ordovician to Devonian periods, which may be related to the Cambrian eldoniids.[2] They are typified by the Chengjiang genus Paropsonema.

REferences

  1. ^ Conway Morris, S. (1993). "The fossil record and the early evolution of the Metazoa". Nature 361 (6409): 219–225. Bibcode 1993Natur.361..219M. doi:10.1038/361219a0.  edit
  2. ^ D. Friend, A. Yu. Zhuravlev, and I. A. Solov’ev (2002). "Middle Cambrian Eldonia from the Siberian Platform". Paleontological Journal 36 (1): 20–24. http://www.maik.ru/abstract/paleng/2/paleng1_2p20abs.htm.